Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plantigradism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: planti-gradism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Plantigrade locomotion.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Contrary evidence that Coryphodon, so far from being unguligrade, was transitional between complete plantigradism and digitigradism, is given below."

Etymology

From plantigrade + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: plantigrade

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does plantigradism mean?: Plantigrade locomotion.
Where does plantigradism come from?: From plantigrade + -ism.

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